Knowledge Centre

Ready to inspire your team to success?!!

Connecting Dots Foundation offers a range of services to support, encourage and build the childcare community of professionals who provide quality initiatives and services to professionals, the community, parents and children. Connecting Dots Foundation specializes in Early Learning and Out of School Care Consultation in the following areas:

Infant/Toddler

Social Emotional Development within the Context of Relationships
Responsive Routines, Environments, and Targeted Strategies to Support Social Emotional Developments in Infants and Toddlers
Individualized Intervention with Infants and Toddlers: Determining the Meaning of Behaviour and Developing Appropriate Responses
Leadership Strategies for Supporting Children's Social Emotional Development and Addressing Challenging Behaviour.

Preschool

Promoting Children's Success: Building Relationships and Creating Supportive Environments.
Social Emotional Teaching Strategies.
Individualized Intensive Interventions: Determining the Meaning of Challenging Behaviour.
Individualized Intensive Interventions: Developing a Behaviour Support Plan.
Essential Leadership Strategies for Adopting the Pyramid Model.

Promoting Social and Emotional Competence of Infants and Toddlers: These modules were designed based on input gathered during focus groups with program administrators, early educators, and family members about the types and content of training that would be most useful in addressing the social emotional needs of young children. The content of the modules is consistent with evidence-based practices identified through a thorough review of the literature.

Program Start-up

Package Basic – $10,000
(150-hours over 3-4 months) includes:

Licensing – Program Plan & Policies
Help with Health, Fire & Business License
Onboarding staff (initial training, file setup)
Toys and Equipment (inventory and setup)

Our Workshops

Online Team Webinars

Team Webinars are exclusively for early childhood programs,
Early ON centers and their team.

Team Webinars include:

LIVE Interactive Online Sessions
2 hours including time for Q & A Discussion
Flexible dates and times
Registration Required
Registration ReqCertificates of Participationuired
Handouts & Resource Packages (downloadable)
Access to recorded webinars for program administration

Minimum 6 participants
30 participants (each additional participant is $25.00)
Follow-Up Packages:
Team Webinar package includes (downloadable):
Staff goal forms
team meeting discussion topics
follow up strategies & activity extensions

In-Person Team Workshops

These sessions are designed will ease in mind. Don’t go anywhere as we come to you! We bring the visuals, the materials, the paper and pens…and more…when you book an in-person team workshop with us! We engage your team with active learning activities, games and reflective discussions to get your team moving, thinking and having fun. Just let us know a date and time that works for you and we will see you there!

Professional Development

Professional Development Days (PDDs) can be arranged for a whole day of training and learning for your team! PDDs can accommodate any group size, small and large. Select up to 5-6 hours of workshops to fill your day. Just like our team workshops, we come to you! You and your team choose the topics you want! Our PDDs are great for weekend events or those amazing days that we book off during the week for professional development. Connect with us to develop a training plan that works for you and your team!